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weimedog

July 17, 2015, 07:49:49 PM
....and then we drove 1100 miles to test the thing.

Project over view (Some footage, not much though, repeated from video to video...)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8S4lplGXLs

The ride out and sea trials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1x1Ojg0YxQ

The place we stayed & fishing comments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uD961W1P_8
Husqvarna 365sp/372xpw Blend, Jonsered 2171 51.4mm XPW build,562xp HTSS, 560 HTSS, 272XP, 61/272XP, 555, 257, 242, 238, Homelite S-XL 925, XP-1020A, Super XL (Dad's saw); Jonsered 2094, Three 920's, CS-2172, Solo 603; 3 Huztl MS660's (2 54mm and 1 56mm)

WmFritz

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July 18, 2015, 10:09:28 AM
Heck that baby is like new.
I thought I was going to find a ChrisCraft from the '40's.  :D

My Dad has an SRV 220 SeaRay he bought new in '76. They sure built a solid boat. He has it out on the Saginaw Bay most days when the weather cooperates. My brothers and I tease him that when he goes, we're giving him a 'Viking Funeral' in in his old boat.  ;D
~Bill

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1959 Detroit built Ferguson TO35

Magicman

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July 18, 2015, 10:21:30 AM
I love to see a project end as the beginning of an adventure.   8)
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samandothers

#3
July 18, 2015, 04:46:49 PM
Nice project, well done!

Hilltop366

#4
July 18, 2015, 05:56:11 PM
Nice boat, I like your theory on fishing lures. (people vs fish)

snowstorm

#5
July 19, 2015, 07:37:39 PM
there are ways to fix the rotten wood in a transom. if you love the boat enough. they get the old wood out and pour in resin. parts must be getting hard to find for an old omc out drive. a friend of mine had one yrs ago. kind of an odd design when you move the front of the motor up and down to trim the outdrive. some have been converted to an outboard on a bracket. the transom wasnt reinforced as much for the stringer drive as it would have been for an outboard. i had one stern drive a merccrusier and that was enough. went back to outboards now i have a diesel inboard   

weimedog

#6
July 19, 2015, 09:57:35 PM
Fortunately we didn't / haven't found any rot anywhere in the transom.  Or the stringers... it spent it's life under cover and in fresh water before us. And it stays in the garage now... :) AND I found a place in Missouri that has plenty of Stringer parts....because they are goofy and many have been junked along with their boats. For now it works well for this application and I'm in negotiations to acquire a complete unit that's has low hours and refurbed from that place as a back up for me in the future or if some one buys the boat who's concerned about the availability of those parts... an ex OMC dealer... I agree though, wish it was a Merc. But for now its serving its purpose... AND to this point the total price tag for boat and trailer is under 3K...
Husqvarna 365sp/372xpw Blend, Jonsered 2171 51.4mm XPW build,562xp HTSS, 560 HTSS, 272XP, 61/272XP, 555, 257, 242, 238, Homelite S-XL 925, XP-1020A, Super XL (Dad's saw); Jonsered 2094, Three 920's, CS-2172, Solo 603; 3 Huztl MS660's (2 54mm and 1 56mm)

weimedog

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July 20, 2015, 09:51:53 PM
Husqvarna 365sp/372xpw Blend, Jonsered 2171 51.4mm XPW build,562xp HTSS, 560 HTSS, 272XP, 61/272XP, 555, 257, 242, 238, Homelite S-XL 925, XP-1020A, Super XL (Dad's saw); Jonsered 2094, Three 920's, CS-2172, Solo 603; 3 Huztl MS660's (2 54mm and 1 56mm)
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